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Get Your African Name

Enter your birthday and answer 3 quick questions about yourself. We’ll reveal your African name, what it means, and a reading of who it says you are.

So your name card can greet you. Optional.

Private. It is never shown or shared.

Your Name Should Be
1. Which sounds most like you?

Pick up to 3. Your first pick counts most.

2. What do people come to you for?

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3. What do you want more of this year?

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The 7 Akan Day Names

Among the Akan people of Ghana, every child receives a name for the day of the week they were born. Akan has 2 main dialects, Twi and Fante, and each spells the names its own way.

SundayKwasiadaTwi: Akosua · Kwasi
Fante: Esi · Kwesi
MondayDwoadaTwi: Adwoa · Kwadwo
Fante: Adwoa · Kojo
TuesdayBenadaTwi: Abena · Kwabena
Fante: Araba · Kobina
WednesdayWukuadaTwi: Akua · Kwaku
Fante: Ekua · Kweku
ThursdayYawoadaTwi: Yaa · Yaw
Fante: Aba · Ekow
FridayFiadaTwi: Afua · Kofi
Fante: Efua · Kofi
SaturdayMemenedaTwi: Ama · Kwame
Fante: Ama · Kwamena

Meanings and spellings vary by family and region, and these names are offered in celebration, not as an official naming ceremony.